Tucker’s Putin Interview Reveals the Essence of China-Russia Relations: Analysis

Published on February 16, 2024

News Analysis In a recent interview, Russian President Putin’s hint that China, rather than Russia, is the West’s biggest threat reveals the nature of the China-Russian relation, which is mutual exploitation, according to a political analyst. On Feb. 6, Putin granted a two-hour-long interview to Tucker Carlson, former host of Fox News, in Moscow. This marked the first time since the Russia-Ukraine war that Putin had taken an interview with a Western media outlet. During the interview, Putin answered about 60 questions, with the content regarding China drawing significant international attention. Carlson mentioned that many Americans had anticipated that after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, U.S.-Russian relations would normalize, but the reality turned out to be quite the opposite. The West expresses concern about a powerful Russia but does not seem to have the same level of worry about a powerful communist China....